Richland County Mines

Producer in Richland county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232632
MRDS ID W022522
MAS/MILS ID 0450790007
Record type Site
Current site name Richland County Mines
Alternate or previous names Haskell Pit, Carolina Ceramics Pit, Carolina Ceramics, Inc.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.97981, 34.11593 (WGS84)
Elevation 84

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Richland(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Jackson North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Camden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Richland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -80.97981, 34.11593

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carolina Ceramics, Inc.
    ID 3800033
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 1/19/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    CMS AND RCF LISTS 10/81

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH PLANT, SEQ. NO. 0450799002

  • Deposit

    PRODUCES SHALE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 02/04/1985
MSHA mine ID3800033
Mine name (MSHA)USB Columbia (Mobley-Koon/Dry Branch))
Current operatorUS Brick, LLC
Current controller (parent)RemSom, LLC
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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